Abstract The magnetic properties of tetragonal polycrystalline intermetallic compound Tb 0.5 Ho 0.5 Mn 2 Si 2 have been investigated using temperature dependent dc magnetic susceptibility and neutron powder diffraction… Click to show full abstract
Abstract The magnetic properties of tetragonal polycrystalline intermetallic compound Tb 0.5 Ho 0.5 Mn 2 Si 2 have been investigated using temperature dependent dc magnetic susceptibility and neutron powder diffraction studies. Results of high temperature susceptibility data shows anomaly at T N = 510 K while low temperature susceptibility data indicate two successive anomalies at T 1 = 11 K and T 2 = 25 K. Metamagnetic transition is observed in magnetization versus field curves. Our neutron diffraction results indicate three different magnetic regions with different magnetic structures. Neutron diffraction data shows that below T 2 , the intensities of some of the nuclear peaks get enhanced indicating ferromagnetic ordering, while additional magnetic reflections are observed below T 1 , indicating antiferromagnetic order. Ordering of rare earth sublattice at low temperature rearranges the ordering of Mn sublattice and results in reorientation of Mn spins at T 1 . At 2 K Tb/Ho moments are aligned along c-axis while Mn moments are aligned perpendicular to c-axis.
               
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